Smokin’ Aces
Imagine Guy Richie (Snatch, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Rocknrolla) alongside a writer from CSI does an adaptation of Megaman, only he removes the robots, Megaman is portrayed as a whiny mafia magician cokehead snitch hiding in a tower, all the robot masters are portrayed as different rival assassins, and all of them hitmen are about to attack megaman at the exact same time while somehow removing his heart; the organ heart. Later, Guy Richie hands the project over to Joe Carnahan (writer & director). This is the result.
There’s something like 45 minutes exposition building up to this moment where all the massive clusterfuck happens. While it’s interesting learning about all the very differentiated wacky assassins ‘n hitmen, two side-stories are thrown in for good measure. After the big buildup clusterfuck, the aftermath probably runs 15 minutes longer than it should, but it does an ok job tying up those sidestories if you were interested in them, which you might not be. There’s a few scenes where you’re all like, “why the fuck did he do that?” Like-…-when a dude’s comrade dies, the first thing he does in a rage is take the time to cut down a chandelier with a chainsaw when he’s up against a dude with a pistol 15 feet away. Needless to say, chainsaw guy loses with the harshness. To make up for it, you get to see an entire police squad fare against a friggin’ quasi-anti-tank gun used as a sniper rifle.
So I’m not gonna tell you much more than that, because finding out who plays as what and what everybody ends up doing is half the enjoyment. If you want a break from crying, by all means get a hold of Smokin’ Aces.
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June 29th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
That was kinda random…Anyways, this is a fun movie. I love the crazy neo nazi brothers with chainsaws.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
This is the only article on Robotpanic.com to be tagged with “anti-tank sniper rifle.”
I’m very disappointed in all of you.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
When I watched this movie I kept going “What the fuck? Awesome.”
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I recall digging the crazy flamethrower/ chainsaw brother gang and the whole big gigantic bash that takes place in the hotel, been a while since I seen this but does anyone else remember the pacing being extremely off kilter?